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The thing is, it'd be nice to keep ourselves in a situation where we can
continue to enjoy the high standard of living we do now - and that will require change of some sort. Agreed. But I, as opposed to many, have faith that the economic system will "provide" us with the solution, as it did when petroleum supplanted whale oil. If I had to guess at this early stage, I'd say that the solution will be hydrogen -- but there's really no way to tell. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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In article au2fe.55730$NU4.36038@attbi_s22, Jay Honeck wrote:
But I, as opposed to many, have faith that the economic system will "provide" us with the solution, as it did when petroleum supplanted whale oil. If I had to guess at this early stage, I'd say that the solution will be hydrogen -- but there's really no way to tell. I'd guess more diesel-type fuels; trouble with hydrogen is it's difficult to store, difficult to handle, costs lots of energy to make (either with oil directly or by electrolyis). Diesel-type fuels on the other hand can be made from biological products (such as algae - that way you could have an industrial manufacturing process instead of an agricultural one), and would not require a vast replacement of existing infrastructure. Jet engines already run on a type of diesel fuel. So do Thielert GA diesels. We already run our glider club diesel vehicles on used cooking oil kindly donated by one of the pubs... -- Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net "Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee" |
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![]() "Dylan Smith" wrote in message ... In article au2fe.55730$NU4.36038@attbi_s22, Jay Honeck wrote: trouble with hydrogen is it's difficult to store, difficult to handle, costs lots of energy to make (either with oil directly or by electrolyis). Today it is, but it's like oil was 100 years ago. Not wanting to be harsh, but stop thinking statically, in the short term...try thinking like an inventor/entrepreneur, not a schoolboy/employee. Most of all, stop barfing back with the schools/media feeds you. |
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I, too, believe that hydrogen is the fuel of the future, but perhaps in a
slightly different vein. One of my senior projects involved the calculations on what it would take and what would be the result of converting hydrogen to helium (the fusion reaction). The output is an amazing amount of energy. If we had tossed as much money at taming fusion as we have tossed at unworkable military toys, we'd be riding around in electric vehicles with fusion providing the recharge energy. Jim Today it is, but it's like oil was 100 years ago. Not wanting to be harsh, but stop thinking statically, in the short term...try thinking like an inventor/entrepreneur, not a schoolboy/employee. Most of all, stop barfing back with the schools/media feeds you. |
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"RST Engineering" wrote in message
... If we had tossed as much money at taming fusion as we have tossed at unworkable military toys, we'd be riding around in electric vehicles with fusion providing the recharge energy. And best of all, we wouldn't have terrorism because they wouldn't have the money to sponsor it... They would all go back to being the POOR camel ****in' Bedoins that they had been throughout history (vs the rich camel ****in' Bedoins that they are now)... Hell, if we spent the billions that fighting the latest skirmish is costing us, we might have been able to find a cheap alternative for petroleum... Of course, it would have been more economical to just nuke 'em to start with... |
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"RST Engineering" wrote in message
... If we had tossed as much money at taming fusion as we have tossed at unworkable military toys, we'd be riding around in electric vehicles with fusion providing the recharge energy. The thing is, unworkaboe military toys are akin to the process of making WORKABLE military toys. I can't imagine an engineer (you?) would miss tha distinction. |
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Sonny, I spent my first ten years out of college working on military toys
that didn't have a chance in hell of working. You don't think I can make the distinction? STINK is the operative part of distinction here. Jim "Matt Barrow" wrote in message ... |
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RST Engineering wrote:
If we had tossed as much money at taming fusion as we have tossed at unworkable military toys, we'd be riding around in electric vehicles with fusion providing the recharge energy. We tossed hundreds of millions of dollars at it at Oak Ridge alone for at least 30 years. I don't know much about what's gone on there since my father died in '89, but they may still be working on cold fusion down in "reactor row." Last I heard, they still hadn't licked the problem of plasma containment. George Patterson There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the mashed potatoes. |
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Hundreds of millions? Hell, we are spending hundreds of millions a DAY in
Iraq to keep our oil flowing. Cold fusion is a dream; hot fusion is reality. Tens of billions to create a magnetic Klein bottle, and we are home free for a couple of thousand years. Jim "George Patterson" wrote in message news:yxefe.2023$7G.732@trndny01... RST Engineering wrote: If we had tossed as much money at taming fusion as we have tossed at unworkable military toys, we'd be riding around in electric vehicles with fusion providing the recharge energy. We tossed hundreds of millions of dollars at it at Oak Ridge alone for at least 30 years. I don't know much about what's gone on there since my father died in '89, but they may still be working on cold fusion down in "reactor row." Last I heard, they still hadn't licked the problem of plasma containment. George Patterson There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the mashed potatoes. |
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Tens of billions to create a magnetic Klein bottle
You sure you mean a "klein bottle"? If we could create a real Klein bottle, we'd be home free forever. Jose -- Get high on gasoline: fly an airplane. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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